Melesa Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Melesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 142 | 1:57,421 | 7,328 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Mexico | 31 | 1:4,004,071 | 26,265 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Melesa (1,077) may also be a first name.
Melesa Demographics
Average Melesa Salary in
United States
$14,438 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Melesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Melesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Melesa (Marathi: मेलेसााय) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Melesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. It occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Melesa live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 58 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Melesa is also the 243,509th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 1,077 people.
Melesa is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 57,421. In Papua New Guinea Melesa is most common in: Western, where 84 percent are found, East Sepik, where 6 percent are found and Morobe, where 6 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 14 percent are found and Mexico, where 13 percent are found.
Melesa Last Name Statistics demography
Melesa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.54% less than the national average, earning $14,438 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Melesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Melesa in the Marathi language | ||
| मेलेसााय | melesaaya | 50 |
| मेलेसा | melesa | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Melesa
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